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Cultivation of agricultural produce like fruits, vegetables, flower which are governed by biological processes can greatly benefit from insight of Vastushastra. Factors like solar energy and radiation, shadow region, rains, water prospecting, quality of water, soil characteristics, ground levels, plot shapes which influence the farming techniques are a part of wider Vastushastra practice.
In modern times chemical fertilizers have extensively been used in agriculture to inflate production. But is there any compulsion to use these short-term unnatural 'steroid' type methods of growth? Studies in developing countries show that unlimited use of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture results in environmental pollution and progressive degradation of soil and water resources.
Land productivity can greatly be boosted by using the 'virtue enhancement' technique of Vastushastra. Natural laws must get preference over man-made rules for proper growth of plants/trees and enhanced agricultural cultivation. Vastushastra can show agriculture the right path towards optimum utilisation of natural resources to achieve prosperity without the need to move away from harmonious relationship with Nature.
